The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-01-28
IT COST NOTHING.
Why q Dying Man Concluded to Postpone
the Final Act of Lies Drama.

the Final Act of Iise's Drama.
A curious-looking old fellow, dressed
in gray "homespun," was found lying
in an alley. When questioned by some
one, he turned over with a groan, and
said:
go on away from here now and let
me die"
"Why do You want to die?"
Because l am blamed fool"
"Come, get up, that's no excuse"
Eyes, it is. Go on away, tell you,
and let me die"
Haven't you been drinking?"
mo, hain't fetched drap. Go on
away and let me die, tell you. A
man that amt got no more sense than
have amt fifteen to live. It's danger
Gus for him to walk about"
"Come, tell me what you did?'
With an effort and another groan he
raised up, leaned back against the wall,
and said:
"If tell you. will you 60 on away7"
YES"
"Wall, I'll go you whuther or no.
Early this mornin' come inter tow
an met a Teller that l knowed. H,
asked me to go round an take break.
fast with him. had dun eat break
fast, but as it wasn't no expense to me
l concluded that it wouldn't do to lie
the vidults 60 to waste, so went will
him. I eat about long-handled shovel
f,,1 hot 4 y
NV coffee, argyin' all the time that i,
want costin' me nothin'. Airter go
through I went knockin' round, an
putty soon / met teller that eat din.
ner with me while he was candidat.
last summer. He said that it was git
tin putty we'll along in the day, but
that if I'd 60 round home with hin
he'd skeer up some breakfast. start
ed to say no. but ricollectin' how he at,
at my table, went with him. On tn,
way he got lot Nv these here grea
long sausages. Wall, stored away
about two pounds Nv them sausages.
eatl about my hat full Nv biscuits
an drunk three cups of coffee
BY this time [ wus putty wei
filled up, but shortly afterwards on
NV the boys that lives out my way told
me that he had found a saloon whai
they put out whole lot NV vidults all
let people eat all they wanted to, so, as
it didn't cost nothin', went round.
let in on a big dish full NV sour potatoes
an raw cabbage, an made myself Il
home. After got through with that
went to dinner with Teller because il
didn't cost me any thing, an eat putty
hearty. Then l struck out an eat 81
few apples that I slipped out Nv n
wagon, an then eat a piece NV cheese
that l found in a saloon, just because il
didn't cost any thing. About this time
the old boy commenced to overtake me.
an lodged in here an drapped down,
an l hope Tll die before l git outen
here, fur, as said jist now, man thai
amt got no more sense than l have aint
fifteen to live. When l think that have
at myself to death jest because it diden't
cost any thing it makes me so mad
don't know what to do. Oh, how do
suffer all over!'
"Come along with me-"
"No, I'm goin' to die right here"
"You must come"
81 won't. I'll never leave here till
I'm taken away dead, fur, as 1 said, a
man that amt got no more sense than
have amt fifteen to live"
"Then you won't go?"
ssWOn't move a pep -
"I'm sorry, for I've got roast pig
down at my mouse, and would like for
somebody to help me eat it."
"Hold on!' exclaimed the dying
man. DOG my cats if I don't jim
Yer, an die afterwards. "-Arkamsau
Traveller.
Mark Twain said to friend the
either day that he did not like to come
to New York with his wife. ''She is
very anxious to have every one think
she dresses like New Yorker" he
l.